By empty (3/3/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In his regular Monday radio address, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze criticized on 3 March parliament\'s failure on 27 February to ratify a defense-cooperation agreement signed with the United States late last year. Shevardnadze pointed out that the United States has contributed more over the past decade to strengthening Georgia\'s defensive potential than any other country. He said he hopes parliament will soon ratify the agreement.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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